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Irkut: MC-21 Program Is “On Schedule”

Russian aviation executives said the Irkut-led MC-21 narrowbody airliner development program is proceeding according to schedule. At a Paris Air Show briefing on Tuesday, program officials said the design is frozen on the first aircraft in the series, the MC-21-300, and parts manufacturing has started.

Irkut plans to build the 212-passenger MC-21-300 and 165-passenger MC-21-200 with two engine options, the Pratt & Whitney PW1400G or the United Engine PD-14. At the 2010 Farnborough Airshow, Irkut signed a memorandum of understanding with Ilyushin Finance for the sale of 50 MC-21s, its first announced order.